a spokesman says the fighters were hit while trying to take back the oil city of braga. the rebels are calling it an unfortunate accident and doesn't dim minimum their the support of the air campaign. >>> just hate, bay area hospital completes one of the largest kidney swaps ever performed in california. >>> the efforts to fix the leak at a damaged nuclear power plant plat is send is radioactive water into the ocean. >>> and, the bay area concert to help earthquake and tsunami victims. >> leigh: i'm leigh glaser. some parts of the bay area actually enjoying some sunshine right now. still seeing some clouds. the seven-day forecast is coming up. >> alan: in japan, there's failure in the attempt to plug a radioactive water leak at a damaged nuclear power plant. high levels of radioactivity hayes been found in the waters around the fukushima plant. authorities discovered an eight-inch crack in a maintenance pit and could be the source of the seawater contamination. japan's prime minister visited towns hit by the earthquake. mean while, efforts to raise money for disaster rel

a rebel spokesman says the fighter wrs hit while trying to take back the oil city of brega. the air strikes were aimed at gadhafi's forces. the rebels called it an unfortunate accident and doesn't din million intheir -- diminish their support for the international campaign. nato is looking into the report. >>> another newspaper appears to be looking at a plan to charge money to read its content. the plan to start charging for content on sf gate.com. >> our first warm spring weekend. leigh glaser is coming up to tell us about that. >> mike: the giants in l.a. getting schooled, but the g-men did some huffing and puffing and blew their way into the win column with everyone contributing. >> alan: the hearst corporations considering charming for looking at their newspaper online. the paper intends to roll out a payment system and a digital description for the ipad application possibly by the end of the month as many as half of the stories now available would be restricted to paying subscribers. no word yet on what the fee might be. >> stores and restaurants in capitola village op

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. >> rebels have been fighting to take over the oil city of brega for a week. nato has destroyed two vehicles but the situation remains chaotic. many are fleeing muammar gaddafi's forces. board than 400,000 people have reportedly left country. some accuse his trips of atrocities. >> there are cutting electricity and water supplies. they thai people up and take away. >> the libyan government denies such charges and says they are not targetting civilians. >> we are facing the west and of the whole world to defend a government that kills civilians. >> libyan state tv broadcast these pictures reportedly showing supporters cheering on the convoy. his forced resignation is non- negotiable. >> a fairy has docked in a turkish port with more than 350 people wounded in the fight in libya. most people on the turkish ship our young rebel fighters. many have gunshot wounds. a turkish medical staff has transferred them to hospital by ambulance and -- by ambulance and helicopter. they will remain in turkey until there will again. in yemen, three people have been killed in the

a rebel spokesman says the fighters were hit trying to take back the oil city of brega.he air strikes were aimedded a gadhafi reside forces. the rebels called it an unfortunate accident and doesn't diminish their support for the international air campaign. nato is looking into the report. >>> in japan, engineers failed to seal a crack in a maintenance pit at the fukushima nuclear power plant where herely radio active water is leaking into the sea. experts say it's not expected to cause health standards because the water will dissipate into the sea. the tokyo electric company providees these images. 11,800 people are confirmed dade. efforts to raise money for disaster relief took place in san francisco. today's free concert in japantown's peace plaza included hawaiian music, dance, and several bay area bands playing funk, sole, fusion, reggae and rock. donation goes know northern japan earthquake relief fund. >> the hearst corporation is considering choosing a fee for using sf gate.com. chronicle staffers quoted say the paper wants to roll out a payment system along with

in the eastern oil cities rebels are locked in a stalemate with those libyan leader khaddafi.lict and knowledge by baghdad by americans top military chief mike mahlmann. >> changed our tactics and changed and in the way were they essentially look like the opposition forces. >>reporter: rubble surge comes a day after president barack obama authorize the deployment of u.s. predator drones. some experts say the u.s. needs to do more. a former nato commander recommends an exclusion zone of khaddafi, laser-guided bombs to destroy heavy weapons of the libyan leader refuses to relinquish them. >> your not going to limit collateral damage but you can minimize it with precision guided weapons. >>reporter: also dozens oblivion's agregreeted senator mccain as he arrived. he's the first official to visit since the conflict started in february. he insists khaddafi need to go. >> our resolution is one that calls for gaddafi to be one of three places. >>reporter: next phase for nato is likely to involve more air strikes on key gives the government side in tripoli. washington some at the, kro

a group of opposition fighters in and around the city of brega that is in a strategic important oil city in the east of this country but nato refusing to apologize for that incident what we're hearing from nato officials is that they say the situation on the ground is extremely fluid and they were unaware of the fact that a lease and days rebel fighters had acquired tanks we are hearing from doctors that at least five opposition fighters have been killed and some twenty two injured what we understand happened is that using this heavy weaponry the rebel fighters had tried to advance in the supposed to be a surprise attack on the duckies it says that they were been struck by these nato air strikes we are being told increasingly that nato pilots are finding it more and more difficult to be soon who on the ground particularly now when both sides are using almost the same machinery now there has been a lot of demoralization on the ground for some days now against nato rebel fighters increasingly feeling that the international community is not going far enough in its airstrikes betty moralizat

in the eastern oil cities, rebels are in a stalemate with those libyan leader map gaddafi.t conflict of knowledge from baghdad by america's top military chief mike mullen. >> of the regime forces have changed their tactics, and changed in the way were they essentially look like the opposition force >>reporter: the rebel surge comes a day after president barack obama authorize the deployment of u.s. credit or drones. some military experts say the u.s. needs to do more. a former nato commando recommends an exclusion zone around khaddafi and laser-guided bombs to destroy heavy weapons if the libyan leader refuses to relinquish them. >> in not going to limit collateral damage but you could minimize it with precision guided weapons. >>reporter: also friday dozens of libyans greeted senator john mccain as he arrived in the rebel stronghold of been gauzy. it became the highest ranking u.s. officials to visit libya since the conflict erupted feb. is opposed to u.s. troops on the ground. he insists khaddafi need to go. >> of resolution is one that calls for khaddafi to leave one of

a world news update, libyan rebels report some progress had their attempt to take back the oil city ofrega. international air strikes pounded forces overnight. but friday a nature toe strike missed a target and round up killing 13 rebel fighters and wounding others. the rebels called it an unfortunate incident but say it does not diminish their support for the international air campaign. n.a.t.o. said they are looking into the incident. >>> the leak at a nuclear plant could take months to get undercontrol. there is a new effort to seal a leak. they say it will take time to repair all the damage from the earthquake and tsunami. yesterday they tried to seal a crack that has been been leaking radioactive water into the ocean. today they are installing new equipment. engineers are giving it until tomorrow to fully set. this weekend officials announced two workers died at the plant when the tsunami initially hit that. information was be held until their families were located and notified. >>> meanwhile efforts to raise money for disaster relief took place in san francisco. ♪. >> yesterday's

if the rebel fighters were among those attempting to retake the oil city. tern libya but in the west on the major city they hold has been besieged for weeks. an interesting reaction from some of the rebels they understand and like the people hurt and it will play in the coalition forces. for the third day angry protesters descended on the streets of another major afghan city anchored by the burning of the koran by florida minister terry jones. the crowd numbered about 2000 burned president barack obama and called for troops to leave afghanistan. a previous demonstrations resulted in deaths of 20 people in one instance the in crowd attacked the union headquarters killing 12. some of the bridge has been filled by the tell a banner urging afghans to rise up against the koran birding. the florida mr. his actions of the protests said he does not feel responsible for any deaths. afghan president has called for jones to be back with justice. >>marty: going to check out the conditions of lake tahoe, they're very happy with all the snow. >>ysabel: another live look o

let's return to events in libya where the rebels say they are hoping to soon take control of the oil port city of bragger an opposition spokesman says you're confident and have what he called weapons supplies from friendly countries argues military contributor says nato is meddling is plunging the country into a deadly stalemate nature is full of sheer. that is a far as lieve be a conflict he's concerned have you ever thought who actually he's in charge of the western humanitarian bombing and leave you think about it first what started as a successful frame intelligence. against. this year in february got them a man tim and overtly expanded into the u n a resolution behind the united states and its allies were involved in it full fledged western military operation in libya now ease in charge of their western military effort to leave france the united states and nato allies in fact even in washington and brussels they can figure out themselves who actually he's leading their western efforts this solution to really in conflict has been happy with the last so far between the disunity off efforts

return to events in libya now where the rebels say they are hoping to soon take control of the oil port city of bragg an opposition spokesman says they are confident and have what he called weapons supplies from friendly countries are his military contributors as nato is meddling as plunging the country into a deadly stalemate and may there is full of sheer thinking. that is far as levy a conflict he's concerned the ever thought actually he's in charge of that western humanitarian bombing in leave you think about it first what started as a successful for ancient intelligence to give us against deathy this year in february dubbed him a man tim and overtly expanding into the u. n. resolution behind the united states and its allies were involved in a full fledged western military operation in libya now ease in charge of their western military effort to leave via france the united states nato allies in fact even in washington in brussels they can't figure out themselves who actually he's leading their western efforts this solution to really in conflict has been happy with sleep lost so far betwe

authoritarian events in libya where the rebels say they are hoping to soon take control of the oil court city of brag and opposition spokesman says they are confident and have what he called weapons supplies from friendly countries are his military contributor says nato is meddling is plunging a country into a deadly stalemate and nato he's full of sheer thinking. that is a far as lead to conflict he's concerned. actually he's in charge of the western humanitarian law i mean in levy i think about it first what started as a successful for ange intelligence coup to go us against deathy this year in february god demand to him and overtly expanded into the un resolution behind we should the united states and its allies were involved in a full fledged western military operation in libya now ease in charge of the western military effort to leave france the united states nato allies in fact even in washington in brussels they can figure out themselves who actually he's leading their western efforts and this solution to really and conflict has been haplessly lost so far between the disunity off effor

into the strategic oil port city of brega but were forced back after a sandstorm grounded nato aircraft back in march u.n. security council passed this resolution that was allowing the intervention but critics say that what's actually happening there is far from simply enforcing a no fly zone journalist patrick having said says the repercussions are striking much further east in china. just in libya alone chinese contracts are valued something like twenty billion u.s. dollars initially from a chinese point of view the original un resolution is big because it was asking for a no fly zone you know if the chinese initially thought we took it on face value and said well this is going to help stability in the region but having a no fly zone and hopefully things will calm down and we can get back to business as usual obviously we know from. the variance of the last couple weeks that is it wasn't just about a no fly zone it's true it was really about a full on military intervention on the part of nato. in the region in libya so you have this thing all the time the number one economic power in

our focus now to the events in libya where the rebels say they are hoping to take control of the oil port city of but i got i don't position spokesman says they're confident and that they have a weapons coming in from so-called friendly countries things in that you contribute up so that nato is meddling is a punch in the country into a deadly stalemate in a very useful. sheer. that is a far as alleviate conflict he's concerned petty ever thought actually he's in charge of the western humanitarian bombing in leave you think about it first what started as a successful for a intelligence us against. this year in february god demand to him and overtly expanded into the u n a resolution behind the united states and its allies were involved in a full fledged western military operation in libya now ease charge of the western military effort believe it france the united states nato allies in fact even in washington in brussels they can figure out themselves actually he's leading their western efforts in this solution to really in conflict has been helped with silly lost so far between the disunity off

return to the events in libya where the rebels say they are hoping to soon take control of the oil port city of a praeger opposition spokesman says they called for half what he calls weapon and supplies from quote friendly countries. military control says there has been meddling as plunging the country into a deadly stalemate. of sheer thinking. that is so far as levy a conflict beasts concerned have you ever thought who actually he's in charge of the western communitarian bombing in leave you think about it first what started as a successful for a intelligence. against america deathy this year in february got them a man tim and overtly expanded into the u n a resolution behind the united states and its allies were involved in full fledged western military operation in libya now who ease charge of the western military effort to leave france the united states and nato allies in fact even in washington in brussels they can't figure out themselves who actually is leading their western efforts in this ocean to review and conflict has been help with sleep lost so far between the disunity off effo

foreign ministry says with british planes hitting an oil field in the south east of this country now it's not immediately clear look was the target because city an oil field is not a military target but was some here in tripoli suggesting that perhaps they trying to stop the production of the duffys oil perhaps preventing him from being able to access the money he gets from that to continue with his military operation but three guards were killed in that strike several people have been injured now the foreign ministry is calling that an act of aggression it says that a violates international law it also violates that un resolution one nine seven three which actually sanctioned foreign intervention in this country in the first place increasingly nato is bearing the brunt of criticisms from both sides the rebels are saying that nato is not doing enough to assist them they point out that only fifty percent of the japanese military might has been destroyed in these airstrikes and they say that they want more information from these coalition powers but it should be government has consistently accused nato of actually taking sides of this operation

foreign ministry says with british planes hitting an oil field in the south east of this country now it's not immediately clear what was the target because city an oil field is not a military target but was some here in tripoli suggesting that perhaps they're trying to stop the production of gadhafi is oil perhaps preventing him from being able to access the money he gets from that to continue with his military operation but three guards were killed in that strike several people have been injured not a foreign ministry is calling that an act of aggression it's a sort of violates international law it also violates that u.n. resolution one nine seven three which actually sanctioned foreign intervention in this country in the first place we're also hearing that the rebels have begun these first exporting of crude oil but a shipment of some one hundred million dollars has lifted off to brooke we understand that it will be making its way to via qatar and from there will be reaching international markets. if it's confirmed that british warplanes are destroyed libya's biggest oil going to be sure to be something about of a massive p.r. disaster for

in the headlines here in our city next oil prices sway countries around the world russia's finance minister tells r.t. how that impact will be felt. hi well crisis isn't such a good thing for the russian economy or there's a downside kill it to get an answer to that question and more we're sitting down with russia's finance minister i think with thank you very much for your time i think anybody as those uprisings spreads throughout the middle east and north africa all prices have advanced nineteen percent since the beginning of the year what are the gains and losses pluses and minuses of such a spike in prices for russia the world's number one well exporter of opinions i mean that this will certainly slow down the global economy as a whole it will bring down demand including energy demand and therefore at the end of the day it will prices will have to go down too that's one thing and another thing is that such price volatility when the prices swing up and down is a big challenge for investors oil production investors need to have clear benchmark crisis and therefore cecil prices make the in

you can see a list of drop-off locations for oil a round of the city. this is a very evenly distributed program. supervisor chu: specifically on details, it looks like he will be contracting out $52,000? >> $52,000. supervisor chu: $62,000? >> $52,000. supervisor chu: the sheet that we have says 52 -- $62,000. and this does not require any additional funding? >> correct. >> if you take a look at the budget, there are $10,000 of to be determined contracts. and 42,000 implementation on community-based out reach. it is possible that the summary sheet might be in error. supervisor chu: i do see the details behind the schedule. we do not have a budget analysts report on this item. without any questions, i would like to open this up for public comment. are there any members of the public that wish to speak? seeing no one, public comment is closed. is there a motion to set this aside for a recommendation? without objection. item number two? >> item #two. resolution approving leases to the terms of eight (8) new airline/airport lease and use agreements between

in the south east of this country instated says it was gadhafi trying to sabotage oil supplies to the east imports city of two broke from where the rebels have begun exporting the first consignment of crude oil with some one hundred million dollars to qatar not in a separate major is right there is still confusion over what exactly happened but we flew in from doctors on the ground that at least five with all fighters were killed and some twenty two were injured what seems to have happened is that the real point is we're trying to advance which heavy weaponry when they came under attack by nato of a quickie retreated to the town of baghdad it was some seventy kilometers to the ways for the rebel headquarters in benghazi and the they were shelled the nato was not the direct knowledge on its ability to think there is a strike and for the casualties that have brought but it does say that the situation on the ground is extremely fluid at the front line shifting which was flowing forward and backwards and that it's not clear what's actually happening the last few days have seen bad weather so no doubt that

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. >> reporter: i'm diane eastabrook in morgan city, louisiana. still ahead, oil rig workers train for the deep waters of the gulf of mexico. >> susie: mixed quarterly results from wells fargo today. revenues came in lower than expected, but the giant bank reported a 48% jump in first quarter profits as more people opened accounts. the bank earned $3.7 billion, or 67 cents a share, after paying dividends. that was a penny better than analyst estimates. one way financial firms are raising revenues is by imposing new fees for services that used to be free. erika miller reports. >> reporter: chances are you receive bank and credit card statements like these every month. but unless you examine them closely, you may miss some startling fees. like a 30% interest rate if you don't make a minimum credit card payment on time. or a $30 penalty for bouncing a check, which is the national average nowadays. j.p. morgan chase is even testing $5 a.t.m. charges in some markets. consumer advocate ed mierzwinski says the biggest change nationwide is that checking is going from "fre

oil shipment to qatar. from the rebel controlled city of benghazi. according to some reports nato did attack accidentally a number of the rebel fighters and their tanks around twenty kilometers away from the oil rich town of bragg are currently under control. troops and doctors say that thirteen people were killed in this attack however we do also hear these reports from the witnesses all of what happened there today earlier and they say that it killed thirteen at least forty or forty five rebels the checkpoints well for the rebels so forces right near the were attacked and basically sent the rebels running in can us retreating once again and one of our teams was actually filming there at the time they see that they didn't hear any planes they didn't hear anything in the east just so all of a sudden various explosions going on right in their area so everybody get in there of course and to just back to wait from that place including the rebels and he will be so the army being evacuated buses filled with soldiers going faster than the world at the time

says -- quan says that without the cuts, she will have to shut off services such as the city's libraries. >>> and oiland gas prices earned chevron $6.2 billion in profit. other oil companies have seen similar profits in the first three months of this year. >>> from the caterpillar corporation also helped push the dow higher today. caterpillar increased five fold and that led to a jump in their stock prices today. the dow finished $45 higher, the nasdaq -- 45 points higher and nasdaq was up two points. >>> and this was bernanke's first conference. he says people and business in low income areas have been hurt more than others by the recession. bernanke said lending to credit worthy people in low income neighborhoods helps create jobs and raise tax revenue. >>> people upset about the proposed route for bart's extension into livermore plan to file petitions with city hall. they said they don't like the proposal to run bart through an underground station in downtown livermore. they say the extension should run down the middle of interstate 580. the petition calls for a valid to change the rout. but legal

oil shipment to qatar. has more now from the rebel controlled city of benghazi. according to some reports nato did attack accidentally a number off with the rebel fighters and there are tanks around twenty kilometers away from the oil rich town of brega currently under control all four guys these troops and the doctors actually gobby which is a c. to the east of bragg are basically the flame of the next big city after bin guys even doctors they say they're seeing that thirteen people were killed in this attack however we do also hear these reports from the witnesses off of what happened there today earlier and they say that in fact it didn't seem like it were nato planes but it seems in fact that those is the tack was conducted by guy fee's forces and it killed not thirteen but at least forty or forty five rebels the checkpoints all through the rubble so forces so right near i'd be i would use around fifty sixty kilometers east of grego they were attacked and basically sends the rebels running in kansas retreating once again and one of our teams was actually filmi

all the oil goes on people in the cities and so we see a lot of weapon systems with cost overruns delays i don't even need any more and i i bet you if we saw the contractors who were given money to politicians we'd see why those problems can continue now this also obviously goes back to the citizens united ruling as we were saying last year the congress actually failed to pass this close to try to force corporations so here the guys are the president is going about it in his own way he's trying to issue we're going to he hasn't officially made the announcement yet an executive order to force this on some government contractors i think that he like executive orders well i'm glad he's doing it and doing what he can do if he does it we'll see because you know he has and is going to push back he you know might back down as he's done too often but this is united nations important we have a project called protect our elections dot org we're very focused on government transparency transparency elections and as i said in the last election one hundred million dollars spent that was from anonymous

hundred billion dollars but that's still lower than china's and japan the ruble the city a new record as highway oil prices are fueling prospects of faster economic growth in the country and also of course because of the dollar fall the russian currency gained almost one percent versus the dollar on wednesday the greenback now costs around twenty seven point nine rubles that's the lowest in twenty seven knots prime minister putin is calling for further strengthen the ruble in order to make it a reserve currency on the post soviet space. kevin with the headlights in a stable. we'll . bring you the latest in science.

oil industry. and as the two side the >>> the fighting libya centered around a key city that plays a big role in theo pentagon officials about the u.s.'s role in the military action in libya. danielle knottingham reports. >> reporter: rebel pick up trucks armed with machine guns are not enough to fight over moammar gadhafi's better armed troops. launching rockets at ground troops loyal to the libyan leader hoping to gain control of an important oil port that has gone back and forth between rebel and regime hands. amid the battles at least two members of gadaffi's regime have resigned. among them is the man who was once libya's foreign minister. libyan officials insist he stepped down because of his health but coalition leaders see it as a sign that gadaffi's regime is crumbling. on capitol hill top pentagon officials met with lawmakers who are growing more frustrated by the day over the lack of clarity about the next steps in libya. >> how long do you anticipate our military mission will last? >> no one can predict for you how long it will take. >> reporter: c.i.a. operatives are now on the ground i

san jose murkry reported that four of the city employee unions agreed to the requested salary cuts. >> just as oilompanies prepare it announce record profits this week, a new national survey showed that gas prices jumped over the last two weeks. average price in california is 4.21 . diesel is 455. here is more on how big oil companies are cashing n >> the uptake in oil prices. that means one thing for oil profits, big profitings. exxon is expected to report a 60 percent increase in profits . shell is expected to see a 22 percent increase 5.9 billion . chevron is expected to report the same. >> it is frustrating. hopefully they are putting the money to alternative fuel. >> they need a profit but not at our expense. >> experts say the high gas prices and resulting prices are not the fault of oil companies but traders who are driving the oil prices up. concern over the middle east and north africa continue to mount. >> yemen having huge protest and already seen in north africa. algeria and other places will cope going for a while. we most likely in for an unstable time. >> scray is one of those who a

oil shipment to qatar. as an author joins me live from the rebel held city of benghazi you go to we've seen on this day we've seen losses incurred by government troops from seeing the opposition forces work as well but now we're seeing them being caused by the alliance. well first of all i learned to apologize in advance if we experience some problems with the sound because the wind is really strong today in going guys the concerning the latest of mines out there on the front there is quite a lot of conflicting information coming out of there at the moment according to some reports nato did attack accidentally a number also the rebel fighters and there are tanks around twenty kilometers away from the oil rich town of brega really under control all for god i feel troops and the doctors in the large job which is a c. to the east of baghdad basically the the next big city after bin guys even doctors be there say that thirteen people were killed in this attack however we do also hear these reports from the witnesses all of what happened today earlier and they say that in fact it didn't seem like it were nato pla